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Cairns Forecast

This morning 24°C
Today 31°C
Showers

Now

23.5°C steady
Updated at 02:20 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Monday and Tuesday This evening: Scattered showers about the coast and ranges, more isolated inland. Moderate to fresh and gusty SE winds. Tuesday: Isolated showers, tending scattered about the coast and ranges. Moderate to fresh and gusty SE winds.
Wednesday Isolated showers, tending scattered about the coast and ranges. Moderate to fresh and gusty SE winds, strong at times about the exposed coast.

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Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature 23.5°C steady
Dew Point 21.1°C falling
Feels Like 23.5°C
Relative Humidity 86%
Wind icon
 SSE 14km/h steady
Wind Gusts 26km/h
Pressure 1010.9hPa falling
Fire Danger 2.0 Low
Rain since 9am/last hr 1.4mm / -
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Sun on Tuesday

Sunrise sunrise
 06:20 EST
Sunset sunset
 18:32 EST

Nearby Now

Mareeba Ap 20.3°C
Low Isles 25.4°C
South Johnstone 24.4°C
Cooktown Ap 23.1°C
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Next 12 hours in Cairns

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possible shower

3am

Slight chance shower
25°C
possible shower

6am

Intermittent rain
25°C
possible shower

9am

Slight chance shower
27°C
possible shower

12pm

Slight chance shower
30°C
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Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

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Qld - Mon 22:38 EST
Coastal Waters Wind Warning for Lockhart River to Double Island Point.

Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Mar 16		 Wed
Mar 17		 Thu
Mar 18		 Fri
Mar 19		 Sat
Mar 20		 Sun
Mar 21		 Mon
Mar 22
showers
Showers 		showers
Showers 		possible shower
Possible shower 		possible shower
Possible shower 		possible shower
Possible shower 		possible shower
Possible shower 		mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
Maximum 31°C 31°C 31°C 31°C 32°C 34°C 34°C
Minimum 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 60% 90% 80% 70% 80% 80% 10%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 5-10mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 27
km/h		 28
km/h		 27
km/h		 31
km/h		 28
km/h		 30
km/h		 21
km/h		 21
km/h		 20
km/h		 18
km/h		 13
km/h		 10
km/h
Wind Direction S 27km/h
S 		SSE 28km/h
SSE 		S 27km/h
S 		SSE 31km/h
SSE 		S 28km/h
S 		SE 30km/h
SE 		S 21km/h
S 		SSE 21km/h
SSE 		S 20km/h
S 		SE 18km/h
SE 		SSW 13km/h
SSW 		N 10km/h
N
Relative Humidity 71% 65% 70% 65% 69% 66% 66% 59% 65% 55% 60% 58%
Dew Point 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 20°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 20°C 23°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set first quarter full moon last quarter new moon
first light
05:58 EST 		sunrise
06:20 EST 		sunset
18:32 EST 		last light
18:53 EST 		moon
 rise
Tue 06:21 EST 		set
Tue 18:32 EST 		moon
Tue
Mar 23 		moon
Tue
Mar 30 		moon
Tue
Apr 6 		moon
Wed
Apr 14

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

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  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Mar 15		 23.2°C 29°C 3.6mm
Sun
Mar 14		 21.3°C 29.9°C 27.6mm
Sat
Mar 13		 23.5°C 31.2°C 15.0mm
Fri
Mar 12		 24.3°C 31.6°C 1.6mm
Thu
Mar 11		 23.9°C 31.7°C 58.2mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to Mar
1266.9mm
56.4 day(s)
total for 2010
1116.6mm
53 day(s)
total to this day 2009
1622.4mm
50 day(s)
wettest day
121.4mm
Jan 1
lowest temperature
21.3°C
Mar 14
highest temperature
36.9°C
Feb 4

Cairns Ap Almanac

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March minimum temperature
lowest this month
21.3°C
14th
lowest on record
18.5°C
31st 2002
average this month
24.2°C
+1.2°C
long-term average
23.0°C
March maximum temperature
highest this month
34.7°C
4th
highest on record
37.7°C
18th 1993
average this month
32.3°C
+1.8°C
long-term average
30.5°C
March rainfall
wettest this month
58.2mm
11th
total this month
123.6mm
9 day(s)
long-term average
424.8mm
19.2 day(s)
wettest on record
1127.5mm
1945
driest on record
27.8mm
1993

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